=>               MicroEMACS 3.8 Help screens                  (12/07/87)

        M-  means to use the <ESC> key prior to using another key
        ^A  means to use the control key at the same time as the A key

        -->              M-?  calls emacs.hlp file              <--

^V or [Pg Dn]     Scroll down           M-< or <HOME>  Begining of file
^Z or [Pg Up]     Scroll up             M-> or <END>   End of file

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=>               (1) MOVING THE CURSOR

^F  Forward character     M-F    Forward word            Keypad arrows
^B  Backward character    M-B    Backward word            are active!
^A  Front of line         M-G    Goto a line
^E  End of line           
^N  Next line             M-N    Front of paragraph
^P  Previous line         M-P    End of paragraph
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=>               (2) DELETING & INSERTING

<--             Delete previous character
^D or <DELETE>  Delete next character
^C or <INSERT>  Insert a space
M-<--           Delete previous word
M-D             Delete next word
^K              Close (delete) to end of line
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=>               (2a) MORE DELETING & INSERTING

<RETURN>   Insert a newline              <TAB>  Advance to next tab stop
^J         Insert a newline and indent   M-^W   Delete paragraph
^O         Open (insert) line
^W         Delete region between mark (set using M-<spacebar>) and cursor
M-W        Copy region to kill buffer  
^X^O       Delete blank lines around cursor
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=>               (3) SEARCHING

^S      Search forward from cursor position.
^R      Reverse search from cursor position.
^XS     Forward incremental search
^XR     Reverse incremental search
<ALT>S  Search for the next occurence of the last string (IBM-PC only)
<ALT>R  Search for the last occurence of the last string (IBM-PC only)
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=>               (4) REPLACING

M-R    Replace all instances of first typed-in string with second
          typed-in string.  End each string with ESC.
M-^R   Replace with query.  Answer with:
       ^G  cancel                        .   exit to entry point
       !   replace the rest              Y    replace & continue
       ?   Get a list of options         N   no replacement & continue
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=>               (5) CAPITALIZING & TRANSPOSING

M-U     UPPERCASE word
M-C     Capitalize word                 ^T   Transpose characters
M-L     lowercase word
^X^L    lowercase region
^X^U    uppercase region
^Q      Quote next entry, so that control codes may be entered into text
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=>               (6) REGIONS & THE KILL BUFFER

M-<spacebar>     set MARK at current position
^X^X            eXchange mark and cursor

A REGION will then be continuously-defined as the area between the mark and
the current cursor position.  The KILL BUFFER is the text which has been
most recently saved or deleted.
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=>               (7) COPYING AND MOVING

^W    Delete (Wipe) region            M-W    copy region to KILL buffer
^Y    Yankback save buffer at cursor
Generally, the procedure for copying or moving text is:
    1)  Mark a REGION using M-<spacebar> at beginning and cursor at end.
    2)  Delete it (with ^W) or copy it (with M-W) into the KILL buffer.
    3)  Move the cursor to the desired location and yank it back (with ^Y).
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=>               (8) MODES OF OPERATION
^XM     Add mode in buffer              M-M    Add global mode
^X^M    Delete mode in buffer           M-^M   Delete global mode
OVER            Replaces (overwrites) rather than inserts characters
WRAP            Turns on word wrap (automatic carraige return).
VIEW            Allows viewing file without insertion and deletion.
CMODE           Automatic indenting for C program entry
EXACT/MAGIC     Changes how search and replace commands work (see next page)
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=>               (9) SEARCH AND REPLACE MODES

EXACT   Uppper/lower case is not ignored in searches
MAGIC   Regular pattern matching characters are active
    .   Matches any one character
    *   Matches any any number of the preceding character
    ^   Beginning of line        [ ]   Character class enclosure
    $   End of line              \     Quote next character
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=>               (10) ON-SCREEN FORMATTING

^XF             Set fill column
Mn-<tab>        Set tab spacing to n charecters between tabs stops
M-Q             Format paragraph so that text lies between margins
^X=             Position report -- displays line number, char count,
                                   file size and character under cursor
M-^C            Count words/lines/chars in marked region
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=>               (11) MULTIPLE WINDOWS

Many WINDOWS may be active at once on the screen.  All windows may show
different parts of the same buffer, or each may display a different one.
^X2     Split the current window in two    ^XO   Change to next window
^X0     delete current window              ^XP   Change to previous window
^X1     delete all other windows           M-^V  Page down next window
                                           M-^Z  Page up other window
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=>               (12) CONTROLLING WINDOWS AND THE SCREEN

^X^    Enlarge current window   M-<n> ^XW   Resize window to <n> lines
^X^Z   Shrink current window    M-<n> M-S   Change screen to <n> lines
^X^N   Move window down         M-<n> M-T   Change screen to <n> columns
^X^P   Move window up
M-^L   Reposition window
^L     Refresh the screen
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=>               (13) MULTIPLE BUFFERS
A BUFFER is a named area containing a document being edited.  Many
buffers may be activated at once.
^XB     Switch to another buffer.      <CR> = use just-previous buffer
^XX     Switch to next buffer in buffer list
M-^N    Change name of current buffer
^XK     Delete a non-displayed buffer.
^X^B    Display buffer directory in a window
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=>               (14) READING FROM DISK

^X^F    Find file; read into a new buffer created from filename.
        (This is the usual way to begin editing a new file.)
^X^R    Read file into current buffer, erasing its previous contents.
        No new buffer will be created.
^X^I    Insert file into current buffer at cursor's location.
^X^V    Find a file to make current in VIEW mode
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=>               (15) SAVING TO DISK

^X^S    Save current buffer to disk
^X^W    Write current buffer to disk
^XN     Change file name of current buffer
M-Z     Write out all changed buffers and exit MicroEMACS


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=>               (16) ACCESSING THE OPERATING SYSTEM

^X!     Send one command to the operating system and return
^X@     Pipe DOS command results to buffer
^X#     Filter buffer through DOS filter program
^XC     Start a new command processor under MicroEMACS
^XD     Suspend MicroEMACS into the background (UNIX BSD4.2 only)
^X^C    Exit MicroEMACS
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=>               (17) KEY BINDINGS AND COMMANDS

M-K     Bind a key to a command        M-A  Describe a class of commands
M-^K    Unbind a key from a command
^X?     Describe command bound to a key
M-X     Execute a named (and possibly unbound) command
{Describe-bindings}
        Display a list of all commands and key bindings to a buffer
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=>               (18) COMMAND EXECUTION
Commands can be specified as command lines in the form:
        <optional repeat count> {command-name} <optional arguments>
{Execute-command-line}  execute a typed in command line
{Execute-buffer}        executes commands lines in a buffer
{Execute-file}          executes command lines from a file
{clear-message-line}    clears the message line during execution
M-~                     clears the change flag for a buffer
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=>               (19) MACRO EXECUTION

^X(     Start recording keyboard macro
^X)     Stop recording keyboard macro
^XE     Execute keyboard macro
M-<n> {store-macro}     Start recording named macro
      !endm             Stop recording named macro
{execute-macro-n}       Execute macro n (where n is from 1 to 20)
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=>               (20) SPECIAL KEYS

^G              Cancel current command and return to top level of processing.
^U or           Universal repeat.  May be followed by an integer (default = 4)
M-<digit>       and repeats the next command that many times.
M-X             Execute a named (and possibly unbound) command


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=>               (21) VARIOUS EXTENSIONS

M-^T            Insert a `ctime' string into the text.
M-^P            Goto parentheses




